An independent review of the country's biggest beef recall says consumers may have been exposed to contaminated beef from an Alberta meat packer on two other occasions in the months leading up to last fall's food safety crisis.

By Jamie Komarnicki
CALGARY — Days after a beef processing plant shuttered by an E. coli scare resumed slaughtering cattle under new management, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has raised new safety concerns at the facility.

OTTAWA — Canada’s meat industry can breathe a little easier.
Despite an E. coli scare that prompted the country’s largest-ever beef recall, a new poll has found that the vast majority of Canadians still trust the safety of their food and don’t plan to cut back on their beef consumption for long.